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Submitted by TheWhiteRider on Monday, 10 July 2006 Page Views: 7046

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Farm Hillfort
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.037 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Shropshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Telford Nearest Village: Priorslee
Map Ref: SJ724095
Latitude: 52.682486N Longitude: 2.409699W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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**Castle Farm Hillfort** submitted by TheWhiteRider : All that remains of Castle Farm Iron Age Fort is this reservoir. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Shropshire

An Iron Age, double-ditched enclosure or fort of 2.5 acres visible as a crop mark until 1980 when the site was inundated during the construction of a reservoir.

Excavations of the site were carried out prior to its destruction and suggested that initially the site was abandoned before completion only to be re-fortified with a second ditch during the Roman period. A very limited amount of dating evidence was found during the excavation suggesting that the site was only occupied briefly, if at all. Watling Street and the Roman fort of Uxacona, on Red Hill, are nearby.

The site can be viewed from a layby just off the Castle Farm roundabout, but nothing remains to be seen.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SJ7209 : The Ducks on Priorslee Lake by Cheryl Wallace — by Cheryl Wallace
©2007(licence)

SJ7209 : Priorslee Lake by Mike White — by Mike White
©2008(licence)

SJ7209 : Priorslee Lake, Telford by Ian S — by Ian S
©2016(licence)

SJ7209 : Sailing on Priorslee Lake, Autumn 1987 by Richard Law — by Richard Law
©2020(licence)

SJ7209 : Must be a hard water area by Ian Paterson — by Ian Paterson
©2010(licence)

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